Hair device



' en. H LER 1,897,246

HAIR DEVICE Filed Jan. 12, 1952 2 5 ari 4/ INVENTOR.

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Patented Feb. 14, 1933 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE HEN RY EISLER, OF NEWYORK, N. Y., ASSIG-NOR- TO EMETH FINANCIAL CORPORATION, A CORPORATION OFNEW YORK HAIR DEVICE Application filed. January 12, 1932. Serial No.586,125.

This invention relates to devices for dressing womens hair, and moreparticularly to improvements in devices of the type disclosed in myPatent No. 1,8445% of February 9, 1932, and adapted to support the hairat the back of the head in a neatly formed roll or uif. P It has beenfound that in the case of long or longbobbed hair, and especially in thestate of transition from a short bob to a long one, women frequentlyexperience considerable difficulty in so dressing the hair at the napeof the neck or back of the head as to prevent unsightly stray loose endsor scraggy locks.

My invention aims to overcome this ditficulty by the provision of a verysimple and inexpensive device which may be worn in the hair to give itan attractively curled appearance, and it has for an object to providean easily manipulated device comprising a resilient bow-shaped memberand a pliable member between which the hair ends may be firmly andtightly clamped so as to facilitate the subsequent rolling of the hairon the device.

Other and further objects and advantages of my invention will appearfrom the following description thereof, it being understood thatmodifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit orscope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

The accompanying drawing illustrates a preferr d embodiment of theinvention, in which Figure l is a plan view of the device;

Fig. 2 is an end elevation thereof;

Fig. 3 is a plan view showing the parts spread or opened for engagementin the hair; and.

Fig. at is an enlarged sectional View, partly broken away, taken on theline l4t of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawing, 10 indicates an arcuate or bow-shapedresilient member made of celluloid or other suitable material. 11 is apliable member somewhat longer than the resilient member and preferablycomposed of a pliable metal core 12 having a flexible covering 13 ofrubber or fabric.

The member 11 is secured to member 10 at points adjacent the ends of thelatter by rivets or other suitable fastening means 14. The extremitiesof the member 11 extend outwardly beyond the ends of member 10 toprovide two pliable end portions 15 which are adapted to be bentinwardly to hold and secure the device in place in the hair in themanner described in my former application.

Relatively thin washers or spacers 16 are preferably inserted betweenthe opposed faces of members 10 and 11 at their points of connection soas to slightly space the members apart at these points, as seen in Fig.1, and thus prevent the hairs from being so tightly bound or clamped inthe ends of the device as to be likely to be injured or torn out whenremoving the device from the hair.

The member 11 is capable of being conformed substantially to thecurvature of the inner face of the arcuate member 10, as illustrated inFig. 1, and in this position is held tightly in contact therewith by theresilient pressure of said arcuate member 10. In use, the resilientmember 10' is flexed upwardly, in the direction of the arrows of Fig. 1,to permit of separation of said members. The pliable member 11 is thendownwardly drawn to provide a space between the members as shown in Fig.3, in which space the ends of the hair may be inserted. After the hairhas been inserted the pliable member is moved or pushed back against theinner face of the arcuate member which is thereupon allowed to springback to its normal arcuate form, indicated by the dotted lines in Fig.3, thereby firmly clamping and holding the ends of the hair in betweensaid members.

The device is then turned or rotated axially to form the hair into aroll, whereupon the pliable ends are bent inwardly and under to fastenthe device in the hair, it being understood that in use the device isintended to be worn in the hair to support the roll and to give the haira neatly dressed appearance.

What I claim is:

.1. A hair device of the character described comprisin a bow-shapedresilient member of relatively %xed curvature, and a pliable memberfastened to the bow-shaped member at points adjacent the ends of thelatter, said pliable member being normally maintained in uxtaposedposition along the curvature of said bow-shaped member and being readilyseparable therefrom by flexing said bowshaped member to decrease itscurvature.

2. A hair device of the character described comprising a bow-shapedresilient member, of relatively fixed curvature, and a pliable memberfastened to the'bow-shaped member at points adjacent the ends of thelatter and capable of being conformed substantially to the curvature ofthe inner face thereof for clamping hair between the opposed faces ofsaid members, when said resilient member is in its normal bowed shape,said members being readily separable when said bow-shaped member isflexed into a bow of decreased curvature. i

3. A hair device of the character described comprising a bow-shapedresilient member of relatively fixed curvature and a pliable memberfastened to the bow-shaped member at points adjacent to the lends of thelatter said pliable member being capable of being conformedsubstantially to the curvature of the inner face of the bow-shapedmember and being held in engagement with said face by resilient pressureof said bow-shaped mem-' ber, said pllable member being readilyseparable from said bow-shaped member upon flexing the latter into a bow ofdecreased curvature.

4. A hair device of the character described compr sing a bow-shapedresilient member of relatively fixed curvature, and a pliable memberfastened to the bow-shaped member at points adjacent to the ends of thelatter, said pliable member having free end portions which extendoutwardly beyond the ends of the bow-shaped member, the portion of thepliable member which extends between the points of attachment beingadapted to be conformed substantially to the curvature of the inner faceof the bow-shaped member and being held in engagement, with said faceby."

resilient pressure of saidlbow-shaped memher, said pliable memberbeingreadily separable from said bow-shaped member upon flexing the latterinto a bow 'ofdecreased curvature; I 1

Signed at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New Yorkthis 11th day of January, A. D. 1982; a

' HENRYEISLER.

